SF Brigade's Data Science Working Group

Published on Apr 26, 2016 by
Kasia Rachuta

SF Brigade’s Data Science Working Group

The past couple of months have been an exciting time for the Data Science
Group Working Group (DWSG). The group, which started in January, brings together
both professional data scientists and data enthusiasts hoping to improve their skills
whilst making an impact. DSWG uses the wealth of open source data made available
by SF Open Data and others to work on both its own projects as well as to support
other civic hackers at Code for San Francisco. By providing data science expertise
they’ve become a central resource to the broader SF Brigade.

One project that the DSWG is currently working on is SF Open Data’s 311 case
dataset to understand what agencies tend to respond first, which neighborhoods
are served first and what their most common problems are. Another example is
ImpactGov, a project aiming to measure the impact of government- funded
activities in the Bay Area. The goal of the SF Environment Benchmark project is
to visualize building energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in order
to encourage building owners and managers to make changes. Sounds interesting?
If you want to join our projects, have a problem that big data can help you
solve, or want to use or develop your data skills and make a difference, come
see us! We meet every Wednesday during Civic Hack Night.

Stay tuned to learn more about our findings!

About the author(s)

Kasia Rachuta

Data Analyst Intern with background in theoretical physics, passionate about technology and impact